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Malaysian and Gujarati


Gujarati and Malaysian


Countries

Countries
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
1  
14

National Language
Malaysia  
India  

Second Language
Indonesia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Thailand  
Great Britain, Kenya, Malawi, Oman, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States of America, Zambia  

Regulated By
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka  
NA  

Interesting Facts
  • One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
  • Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
  
  • Gujarati was the first language of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi("Father of the Nation of India") and Vallabhbhai Patel ("Iron Man of India").
  • Most of the words in Gujarati language are adopted from Sanskrit.
  

Similar To
Indonesian Language  
Bengali Language  

Derived From
Tamil Language  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Malaysian-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Gujarati-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
26  
8
47  
27

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
8  
5

How Many Consonants
24  
14
31  
21

Scripts
Latin  
Devanagari  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
Not Available  

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks  
10
18 weeks  
4

Greetings

Hello
Hai  
નમસ્તે (namaste)  

Thank You
terima kasih  
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)  

How Are You?
Apa khabar?  
કેમ છો (kem cho?)  

Good Night
Selamat Malam  
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)  

Good Evening
Selamat Petang  
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)  

Good Afternoon
Selamat tengah hari  
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)  

Good Morning
Selamat pagi  
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)  

Please
sila  
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)  

Sorry
maaf  
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)  

Bye
Selamat tinggal  
બાય (Bāya)  

I Love You
Saya sayang kamu  
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)  

Excuse Me
Maafkan saya  
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Bengkulu  
Kathiyawadi  

Where They Speak
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra  
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America  

How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00  
25
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Pekal  
Kharwa  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America  

How Many People Speak
30,000.00  
40
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Musi  
Not Available  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Not Available  

How Many People Speak
3,100,000.00  
11
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
24  
20
8  
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
175.00 million  
10
60.00 million  
27

Speaking Population
1.16 %  
14
0.74 %  
24

Native Speakers
77.00 million  
12
50.00 million  
22

Second Language Speakers
98.00 million  
8
Not Available  

Native Name
Bahasa melayu  
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)  

Alternative Names
Not Available  
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi  

French Name
malais  
goudjrati  

German Name
Malaiisch  
Gujarati-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]  
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Gujaratis  

History

Origin
c. 683 AD  
15  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Not Available  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,  
Old Gujarati  

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Malay  
Modern Gujarati  

Language Position
54  
39
23  
19

Signed Forms
Malaysian Sign Language  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ms  
gu  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
msa  
guj  

ISO 639 2/B
may  
guj  

ISO 639 3
zsm  
guj  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
stan1306  
guja1252  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Not Available  

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All Malaysian and Gujarati Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Malaysian and Gujarati dialects. Various dialects of Malaysian and Gujarati language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Malaysian are spoken in different Malaysian Speaking Countries whereas Gujarati Dialects are spoken in different Gujarati speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Malaysian vs Gujarati Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Malaysian dialects include: Bengkulu, Pekal. Gujarati dialects include: Kathiyawadi , Kharwa. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Malaysian and Gujarati Speaking population

Malaysian and Gujarati speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malaysian and Gujarati languages can be compared. The total count of Malaysian and Gujarati Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malaysian language is 1.16 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Gujarati language is 0.74 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Malaysian and Gujarati on Malaysian vs Gujarati where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Malaysian and Gujarati Language Codes

Malaysian and Gujarati language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Malaysian and Gujarati Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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